GregP Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Unless you can print to one sheet all at the same time, you will not get sufficient accuracy to use this as a fretting template. Today's printers wobble a wee bit here and there as they're printing so that the 2 sheets aren't really aligned to each other in the first place. On top of that, even if you manage to splice multiple sheets together with what seems to be a degree of accuracy, then you have to accurately transfer them to your fretboard, the logistics of which I don't see producing a highly accurate result, either. There are better solutions, some of which might even take a printed template into account! Indeed, a printer could be your friend; however, I think that making a full-scale replica of the fanning of the entire frets isn't the right approach if you want accuracy. Were I to do it myself, I'd probably just measure on the fretboard; however, that's not exactly foolproof, either-- I have an idea, but it requires a detailed explanation and clear communication, which I'm not capable of right now. (sleepy... shouldn't even be on the forum!) Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACSpike Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 I'm all ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACSpike Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 GregP, I'd still love to hear what you have to say. In the meantime though I think I have DXF and PDF output working in FretFind 2-D, do either of those work for printing, frank? And I'm looking for the opinion of a CAD user. Is that DXF useful for pasting into CAD drawn guitar plans or can I do better? I've never really used a CAD package more than long enough to be confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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